Arts on Fire

Miki Girts made his AOF return to recap the 2025 Whirlybird Fest and chat about bringing Magic Beans back to Jamestown with host Anthony Merchant https://whirlybirdfest.com https://www.instagram.com/whirlybirdfest https://www.facebook.com/whirlybirdfest

Dennis Drew, John Lombardo, Jerry Augustyniak and Steve Gustafson of the 10,000 Maniacs joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the making of the bands 1985 major label debut The Wishing Chair for it's 40th anniversary https://maniacs.com https://www.instagram.com/10000maniacs https://www.facebook.com/10KManiacs

Dr. Scott Bon talks all about bringing his show "Serial Killers" to the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant Tickets for the September 20th performance: https://reglenna.com/events/serial-killers

WRFA's Anthony Merchant and Gavin Paterniti gab all about WRFA's 21st Extravaganza coming up Saturday September 13th Tickets: https://reglenna.com/events/wrfa-21

Rebecca Magnuson stopped by WRFA to chat all about Paint CHQ and the many upcoming events from the countywide campaign with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.choosechq.com/paintchq https://www.instagram.com/live_chq_ny https://www.facebook.com/ChautauquaIDA

Chelsea O. of the Buffalo band Stress Dolls makes her return to Arts on Fire (first time in-studio!) to talk about what's been going on in the world of Stress Dolls with AOF host Anthony Merchant and play perform a few songs for us https://stressdollsmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/stressdolls https://www.instagram.com/angrygirlmusicrecords

Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell stopped by the WRFA studios before their performance at the 2025 Mayville Bluegrass Festival to play some songs in-studio and talk music with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://sallyanndra.com https://sstb2.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/sallyanndramusic https://www.facebook.com/tylerbagwellmusic https://www.instagram.com/sallyanndra https:/...

STCLVR (Gorg Mor), Eternal Creatures (Rora Morealis) and Succulent and Sinister (Rose Hewitt) stopped by the studio to talk music, their upcoming tour and the August 29th show at Secret Undisclosed Location in Jamestown https://stclvr.bandcamp.com https://eternalcreaturecenter.bandcamp.com https://succulentandsinister.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/events/secret-undisclosed-location-100-e-2...

Sukanya Burman and Daryl Simons of the Sukanya Burman Dance Company made their AOF return to talk all about the 2025 Jamestown Dance Festival with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant www.sukanyaburman.com www.instagram.com/sukanyaburmandance

Rachael Kosinski and Claire Johnson of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute talk with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant all about the latest RTPI exhibit Knowing Where to Stand: NANPA Environmental Impact Award Winners www.rtpi.org www.instagram.com/rtpinstitute www.facebook.com/rtpinstitute

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts returns to AOF to chat events at the Reg for August and September (and beyond) with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant www.reglenna.com

Miki Girts and Tim Scoma joined Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant to chat about the 2025 Whirlybird Festival as well as Lifted's involvement with this years fest www.whirlybirdfest.com www.instagram.com/whirlybirdfest www.instagram.com/liftedjamestown

Chelsea O of Buffalo band Stress Dolls chats about her upcoming Westfield show at Lake Shore Center for the Arts, Chelsea's musical history with Chautauqua County, hosting The Scene on The Bridge as well as performing a few songs off the latest Stress Dolls album Queen of No https://stressdollsmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/stressdolls https://lakeshorecenterforthearts.com/events/august-songw...

The guys from local band Mister Green (Steve Schuver, Tom Dorman, Jason Dorman, Ken Austin) stopped by the WRFA studios to talk the current music as well as the local scene of the late 80's and early 90's with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.instagram.com/mistergreenband https://www.threads.com/@mistergreenband https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575071856007

Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell made their AOF return to talk with host Anthony Merchant about upcoming music and their August appearance at the Mayville Bluegrass Festival https://sstb2.bandcamp.com https://sallyanndra.com https://www.instagram.com/sallyanndra https://www.instagram.com/tylerbagwell Press Photo by Zach M Anderson

Magician Bill Blagg chats with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant all about his July 12th performance at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts www.billblagg.com

Eric Lindquist stopped by the studio to talk about his local record release show at Secret Undisclosed Location and play a few songs for us in-studio www.ericlindquist.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/ericbass711

Leslie Calimeri returns to AOF to talk all about her debut children's book One Day With Dinosaurs, ArtScape 2025 and the Chautauqua Art Gallery with host Anthony Merchant www.chautauquaartgallery.com www.instagram.com/chautauqua_art_gallery www.facebook.com/chautauquaartgallery

Less than a month after his first Arts on Fire appearance, local artist R3LL0 returns to AOF to talk all about his new release My Time with host Anthony Merchant and perform his song 757 Kid live in-studio https://on.soundcloud.com/Ui9NCjaQ57iejcSnnW www.instagram.com/__r3ll0__

Kaycee Colburn returns to Arts on Fire to talk with host Anthony Merchant about her article "How The Paranormal Belongs With History" and the importance of why she wrote it kayceecolburn.com kayco.art facebook.com/kaycee.colburn

R3LL0 stopped by the WRFA studios to talk about his song 757 Kid hitting 2,000 plays on SoundCloud, how he got his start, his upcoming live debut in Pittsburgh and much more with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://on.soundcloud.com/spdASsAUq3klqFKyaD https://www.instagram.com/__r3ll0__

Performance Collective Madness Most Discreet (Emily Drew, Rusty Alan, Julie Reed, Matthew McWilliams) perform their production Moonlight Revels live on AOF www.instagram.com/madnessmostdiscreetco www.facebook.com/madnessmostdiscreet

Author Tj Buck talked new books and classic music and with AOF host Anthony Merchant

Performance Collective Madness Most Discreet (Emily Drew, Rusty Alan, Julie Reed, Matthew McWilliams) made their Arts on Fire return to act out a few scenes from their production of Moonlight Revels and to talk about their upcoming Third Thursday performances and more with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.instagram.com/madnessmostdiscreetco https://www.facebook.com/madnessmostdiscreet https:/...

Director Jennifer Davis along with actors Adam Hughes and Adam Owens stopped by WRFA to talk with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about their roles in the upcoming production of Visiting Mr. Green at St. Luke's Episcopal Church May 17th-19th